Minchiate Tarot Playing Cards: Selected Suit Cards

The image presents four rectangular tarot cards arranged side-by-side. From left to right: the first card shows ten crossed staves or batons arranged in a geometric lattice. The second shows five circular golden coins arranged in a quincunx pattern. The third displays four chalice-style cups positioned at the corners with a prominent central fleur-de-lis. The fourth card depicts a centaur figure in profile, wearing segmented armor and a helmet, holding a raised club or spear in one hand and a round shield in the other, standing against a simple landscape background. The cards are rendered in a hand-colored woodcut style with a color palette of orange, yellow, green, and deep ink outlines.

Minchiate is an expanded variant of the tarot deck originating in 16th-century Florence, incorporating additional trumps related to astrology, the elements, and moral virtues that distinguish it from standard Italian tarot decks.